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EDWARD SEMPLE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent Na. 74,723, Hated'Februarg 18, 1868.

.IMPROVEMENT IN TRUNKS.

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To ALL WHoM 1T MAY ooNoERN:

Beit known that I. E. SEMPLE, of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Trunks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof,l reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

The nature olf my inye'ntion consists in providing thecornersof the cover and of thc box ci' trunks-with metallic plates, so arranged that when the trunk is closed the plates hold/the cover and the box together, prc venting any lateral motion of the cover, and stiiening the entire frame ofthe trunk, each plate being provided with p.snitable locking-device.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe its constructionand operation. y

A A are the angle-plates, made oisleet or cast metal, and riveted to the front corners of the box B of the trunk. The side halves of these plates are provided with loops a a, which loops may be cut ont of' the body of the plates themselves, or cast in one piece ivith them, or made or cast separately, and secured by rivets to the said plates. C C'are the angle-plates for the cover D of the trunk, made in the same way and ot" the same material as the plates A-A, their side halves being' provided with knives or bars b b, made of one piece with the plates, or made separately and then riveted to them. Said knives or bars are for the purpose of entering loops a a of the angle-plates of the box, when Vthe trunk is closed, and thus fastening and strongly holding together the box 'and the cover of the trunk. For locking the trunk, the front halves of the cover angle-plates may be providedAwith a hasp, a hook, or any other suitable arrangement, and the front halves ot f the box angle-plates provided with staples for padlocks, or with any other locks secured to them, they being arranged like face-plates to those locks. L

The advantages of the trunk* angle-plates, arranged as above described, are these, that with them the connection between the box and the cover is perfect, and any lateral motion of the cover is prevented;. besides that, the angle-plates sti`en thc whole frame ofthe trunk and make the upper corners of the box, as well as those of the cover, where generally the iron breaks, strong and durable.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to sccureby Letters Patent, is-

The anglepieces A, provided with the loops a, in combination with the angle-pieces C, provided with the lug's b, 'when arranged for operation, in commotion with atrunk or similararticle, substantially as described.

EDWARD SEMPLE.

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J. B. TUncmN, H. C. Davis. 

